News and Events for Researchers

17.06.2021

A new study led by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre highlights the need to include “phylogenetic…

Scientists take samples in a small water body. Photo: André Künzelmann / UFZ
17.06.2021

Pesticides safeguard agricultural yields by controlling harmful insects, fungi, and weeds. However, they also enter…

10.06.2021

Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. A recent study conducted by the University…

Highly structured landscape at Hemeln/Lower Saxony (Germany) Photo: Sebastian Lakner
21.05.2021

In coordination with the EU Commission, a European team of more than 300 scientists has developed recommendations on how…

20.05.2021

Today, on World Bee Day, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre is publishing a summary for policy makers of…

20.05.2021

The European Commission has published the fourth edition of “The EU Blue Economy Report”, providing an overview of the…

18.05.2021

The annual spring monitoring cruise of R/V Aranda took place in late April. During the cruise the phytoplankton spring…

The Eder dam (Germany) in the year 2019. Areas of water that are drying out release considerably more carbon than areas covered by water. Photo: Maik Dobbermann
17.05.2021

Among other things, dams serve as reservoirs for drinking water, agricultural irrigation, or the operation of hydropower…

06.05.2021

The EU aquaculture sector reached 1.2 million tonnes of produce and €4.1 billion in turnover in 2018, according to a new…

04.05.2021

Climate change might lead to changes in plant diversity, especially in the world’s drylands. Water is a scarce resource…